Ifirst played Silent Hill on the original PlayStation 26 years ago, and after enjoying last year's Silent Hill 2 remake , I had high hopes for Silent Hill f. Ultimately, those hopes fell as flat as the knife-wielding monster children of the original game.

Silent Hill f is a notable departure from the franchise's previous entries, with no ties to the town that drives the series' horror. It feels like Konami may have slapped the Silent Hill name on an unrelated game, similar to the online theory about 2004's Silent Hill 4: The Room.

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To put it simply, Silent Hill f doesn't have the same psychological thrill, interesting lore or even likable characters the series is known f

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